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Newsweek made reference to Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" comments in an issue published in March, [22] and the interview had appeared in Detroit magazine in May. [23] On 3 July, Cleave's four Beatles interviews were published together in a five-page article in The New York Times Magazine, titled "Old Beatles – A Study in Paradox". [24]
In August 1966, on the eve of The Beatles' 1966 US tour, American teen magazine Datebook published Lennon's remark that the Beatles had become "more popular than Jesus". Lennon had, in fact, originally made the remark to the British newspaper London Evening Standard and when it was first published in the United Kingdom, in March 1966, his words ...
A year later, Lennon controversially remarked that the band were "more popular than Jesus now". The Beatles often incorporated classical elements, traditional pop forms and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways, especially with the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). Many ...
In 1966, John Lennon controversially remarked that the group had become "more popular than Jesus". Soon afterwards, when the Beatles toured Japan, the Philippines and the US, they were entangled in mob revolt, violence, political backlash and threats of assassination. Frustrated by the restrictions of Beatlemania and unable to hear themselves ...
Despite not having a close relationship with his father during his childhood, Julian said he is closer than ever to his half-brother Sean Ono Lennon, whom John welcomed with wife Yoko Ono in 1975.
Julian Lennon, the eldest son of The Beatles member John Lennon, opened up about his complicated relationship with his father and his world-famous musical group. The 61-year-old, ...
Poor Julian Lennon. In a recent interview, the son of complete unknowns John Lennon and Cynthia Powell revealed his heartbreak over the reception to Jude, his 2022 album.“The idea was to hit a ...
11 August – John Lennon holds a press conference in Chicago, Illinois to apologize for his remarks the previous March. "I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I was not knocking it.